The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"What the hell did you do?" Joe, who just came back from the outside, was shocked when he learned that the pioneer group had set off, because it was completely beyond his original plan, and then he found out about Bernan from his staff in the camp. The decision to start early was due to Leo Shi, who ran to Leo's camp angrily, and asked Leo, "Why did Bernando change his plan and enter the jungle before the manpower was ready? "

Leo, who was re-studying the folklore of the Novat continent, put down a book on the folklore of the inland kingdom in his hand, looked at Joe, and replied calmly: "I just put the fact that the shepherds have a lot of gold on him. In front of it."

"Fact?" Qiao was stunned for a moment, and soon realized something, and said in a deep voice, "Have you ever been to the shepherd tribe?"

Leo nodded.

At this time, Joe thought of his subordinate Jenkins. Originally, Jenkins' mission was to explore the jungle where the Mumu tribe was located and find a safe way for the pioneering group. However, Jenkins went to the meeting place ahead of time without completing the exploration task. He asked why, Jenkins just said that he met a person in the jungle, and that person told him that it would be very dangerous to continue walking deep into the jungle. At that time, he was curious about that person and asked Jenkins who that person was, but Jenkins He didn't say anything, but thinking about it now, that person might be the person in front of him.

Thinking of this, he asked tentatively, "Are you the person Jenkins met in the jungle?"

"Yes." Leo nodded and said, "Although that man has some abilities, his abilities are not enough to allow him to survive without understanding the danger of the jungle. I have saved him."

After hearing this, Joe didn't know what to say for a while. He was very aware of Jenkins' ability and how dangerous the jungle in the area where the Mumu tribe was located. Even he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to Passed there safely, that's why he sent Jenkins to the Mumu tribe to investigate the situation, and wanted to use his ability to find a safe way, but he was persuaded by Leo to go back halfway, which undoubtedly affected his life. plan.

That's why he ended the exploration work ahead of time, returned to the pioneer camp, and planned to re-discuss the development plan with Bernando, mainly because he wanted to delay it for some time, but he didn't expect to find that the pioneer team had already set off when he came back. His plans were completely messed up.

"Since you have been to the Shepherd tribe, you must have explored the jungle around the tribe?" Joe asked after thinking about it.

"Of course." Leo nodded, and before Joe continued to ask, he added: "I have drawn a detailed topographic map for Bernando and marked all the safe and dangerous places. If Bernando doesn’t seek death himself, there shouldn’t be too many casualties when they reach the Mumu tribe.” He paused for a while, as if he was calculating something, and then said: “It only takes seven days at most, it should be The first batch of gold sacrificial objects salvaged from the Lake of Gold was sent to the camp. When the time comes, you use the excuse of looking for gold veins to propose a plan to find and explore the underground world. There should be no objection. They should I am very willing to support this plan, I think this should not conflict with the goal of your plan, and it should be more efficient, what do you think?"

After listening to Leo's words, Joe was silent for a while, with a contemplative look on his face. Just as Leo said, although the pioneering team opened ahead of time for fear of entering the jungle and disrupting his plan, the goal of the plan was not. The change, on the contrary, has accelerated a lot. The only thing to worry about is the chain reaction caused by a large amount of gold, but that should be a few months later. At that time, his goal has been achieved. Waiting for things to have nothing to do with him.

Thinking of this, he relaxed his original anger, but his heart was still a little uneasy. After all, this kind of plan was completely out of his control, which gave him the illusion that a chess player became a chess piece.

"Are the Shepherds an indigenous tribe in the New World?" Just as Joe was deep in thought, Leo suddenly asked an unexplainable question.

For a while, Joe didn't understand what Leo meant. He was stunned for a long time before he said, "Of course it's an indigenous tribe in the New World. Why do you ask that?"

Leo stared at Joe and said, "Because I found that the Shepherds are different from us and other indigenous tribes in the New World."

In the past two days, Leo repeatedly tested the divine power crystal again. As a result, not only the people in the Novat continent would be affected, but even those indigenous tribes became irritable, warlike, and chaotic. It was the Paho people who attacked Matou Bay.

Just a day ago, the indigenous tribe that attacked Matou Bay appeared in the jungle near the pioneering group, and they happened to be seen by Leo who was going to the jungle. It seems that they should have retreated from Matou Bay and planned to They came here to check the situation before returning to the depths of the jungle, but their luck was very bad. The place they chose to camp was just not far from the place where Leo buried the divine power crystal, and it happened to be within the influence range of the divine power crystal.

So, under the influence of the crystallization of divine power, they clashed over a small matter like this, and then the old grievances accumulated between each other broke out, and then they killed each other inexplicably. When Leo found them, they had already killed each other almost That's it, and the rest are already insane.

Because of this, Leo discovered that this kind of divine power crystallization also had an impact on the humans of the indigenous tribes of the New World, even more strongly than it had on the people of the Novat continent. Being able to maintain a sliver of rationality, the conflicts between each other only stay on fists and feet, they will not use weapons, and no lives are caused, but this may also have something to do with Leo taking away the divine power crystals in time to eliminate the impact, perhaps he put the divine power crystals in the camp. A little longer, the situation of the pioneering group will be like the fighters of these indigenous tribes killing each other.

Because of this, Leo knew very well that under the long-term influence of the crystallization of divine power, the mind and thinking would be affected, but the Shepherds were an exception, which made him think of a possibility that the Shepherds might not be Humanity.

After listening to Leo's question, Joe was stunned again, then seemed to think of something related, his face became serious, and he said in a deep voice, "Did you find something?"

"Caves, temples, statues." Leo said three words, and in the languages ​​of the kingdoms of the Novat continent that Leo knew, there was no word for God. Leo could only use a word with a similar meaning to replace it. , at least from Joe’s expression, it can be seen that he understood the meaning of those two words.

"Is it a big snake statue?" Joe muttered, then fell silent for a moment, nodded slightly, and said, "The shepherds are indeed different from us. The word shepherd in Pahu means an unusual person. I always thought it meant people from the Paho tribe, but during the time I stayed in the Mumu tribe, I realized that it meant non-human. The Mumu tribe actually has their own tribe name, and their tribe name is called the descendant of the gods. , is the meaning of the descendants of the gods."

When Leo heard this, a trace of surprise flashed across his face. The reason for his surprise was not because of the inhuman terms of the shepherds, but because the two words Joe spoke of, descendants of gods and gods, were not popular in this generation. The Lute language is not any language spoken in the Novat continent, but the language of the Velen world, and it is a tribal language of the ancient Velen world. The source of this language happens to be the Gamore language.

"God descendants, gods?" Leo repeated these two words very standardly, and then asked: "What language is this? Why haven't I heard of this language?"

"This is the language of the shepherds themselves, but most of this language has been lost, and only a few words remain." Joe explained, and then continued: "You are right, the shepherds The human race is different from the humans of the indigenous tribes, and also different from us. The newborns of their tribes will produce some mutant individuals from time to time. Some of these mutant individuals will have birthmarks like leaves or vines on their bodies. When they grow up, these birthmarks will Hidden under the skin, once they get angry, these birthmarks will reappear, and when the birthmarks surface on the body surface, these mutant individuals will have extremely powerful power, which allows them to fight against some extremely dangerous giants in the jungle. Beast-to-hand combat is also the most powerful warrior, and it is said that it comes from the blood of their ancestors. If it weren't for the fact that the number of these mutated individuals is too small, the Mumu tribe may have replaced the Pahuo tribe as a large tribe in the jungle."

After hearing this, Leo immediately realized that these so-called mutated individuals were actually the lucky ones who had returned to their ancestors in the blood of some gods. If they were in the world of Velen, they might be enshrined by the Church of Gods as the Holy Spirit of blood, and some even They could become the Pope of the Church of the Gods or other powerful persons, but in this world, these mutant individuals would not be discriminated against. Instead, they would gain a lot of status because of their great power, at least in the shepherds.

"The shepherds also come from the underground world?" Leo asked again.

Joe didn't think much, nodded, and said: "Although the Shepherds openly stated that they are also a tribe on the ground, some legends of their own tribe show that they should come from the underground, and it can even be said that they originated from the underground world now. those who live."

Leo asked, "Legend? Can you tell me what legend it is?"

Joe didn't think much, so he told Leo the legend about the Mums he knew. In fact, the legend is very simple, that is to say, the Mums lived in another continent at first, but the gods who protected them fell into the trap. In deep sleep, they could no longer live safely in that world, so they entered a place called the Black Forest through the instructions of the oracle, and then found an underground passage in the Black Forest, and entered the underground world for refuge .

It's just that after they lived in the underground world for two generations, they felt that the danger should have passed, so they wanted to go back to the ground, but they found that the passage back to the ground had disappeared, so they played to their sleeping gods again, They prayed to the gods for enlightenment, and although the gods did not give any answer, they were very lucky to find another passage, and then they followed that passage to the present continent, and some of them came to the ground to settle down , while the other part is still living underground.

Hearing this, Leo has already understood that the Mums are indeed an ancient tribal race from the world of Velen, but they have lost most of their civilization in the process of migration in the past, and the Mumu people now are more A new tribe formed by absorbing the civilization of the indigenous tribes of the Velen world.

Judging from the legend told by Joe, when the Mums were in the world of Velen, they should have lived near the Black Forest of the Velen Continent, and they were able to enter the Black Forest to seek refuge because of the gods they believed in, which made Lei Ou felt a little surprised, because judging from the various situations he has seen now, the gods believed by the Mumu people are the abyss serpents, and in the world of Velen, the abyss serpents don't even become gods, even if they appear in that world, It will also be immediately besieged by the gods of the world of Velen.

However, Leo didn't think that this kind of thing was absolutely impossible, because he remembered that during the time he lived in the Black Forest, he seemed to have seen the shadow of the abyss serpent in the temple mural of the tree demon. The mural is an image of a golden giant deer appearing in the world, and the gods of the world gather at the foot of the golden giant deer to worship. There is a big snake in the relief of the world gods, but the body of the big snake is golden yellow, although the same It has big sprouts, but the color of the eyeballs is not blood red, but silvery white, which looks very sacred.

"Can the abyss snake also become a god?" Such a thought came to Leo's mind, and then he shook his head again, but there was a trace of hesitation on his face.

Although in his memory, there has never been the possibility of an abyss creature becoming a god, but what if it is a god of the Black Forest? After all, the gods of the Black Forest are different from those of a single world, but higher than the gods of many worlds, only under the golden giant deer, under the mighty power of the world tree, it is impossible for the abyss serpent to change its abyss essence, And then become the god of the Black Forest, which can also explain why the crystallization of divine power can still play a certain role in this world. After all, no matter how powerful the laws of this world are, the underlying laws are still composed of the world tree, so they belong to the world. The gods of the tree are naturally able to retain some of the power of the gods under the restrictions of the laws of this world.

Thinking of this, Leo suddenly had a bold idea, because if the Abyss Orochi, who has become a god of the Black Forest, can exert a certain power in this world, then what about the White Deer? The topmost existence among the gods of the Black Forest, can his divine power also exert a certain effect in this world?

Leo, who had this bold idea, immediately asked Joe to leave, and instead of staying in the tent, he left the camp, went deep into the jungle, and began to try to induce the white deer on his hand. The power of the white deer contained in the blessed wedding ring.